Provinces continue to be consulted through the Department of Justice Advisory Group on Private International Law and through the Uniform Law Conference of Canada and continue to demonstrate interest and support for the convention and protocol.

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The objective of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law.

The European Community has internal competence to adopt general and specific measures relating to private international law in various fields in its Member States.

Certainly from our experience we in the federal government, in terms of private international law conventions, for the last over 30 years have been working closely with the provinces through our advisory group and through the ULCC.

(23) This Directive neither aims to establish additional rules on private international law relating to conflicts of law nor does it deal with the jurisdiction of Courts; provisions of the applicable law designated by rules of private international law must not restrict the freedom to provide information society services as established in this Directive.